Photograph Album, Lechêne and Vasseur Families, ca. 1860s-1960s

Series 4 consists of photographs, primarily from the albums and scrapbooks of Mary Burmeister Vasseur and Jacques H. Vasseur. Older photographs of the Lechêne and Vasseur families were handed down through Simone Lechêne Gouze. Many of the photographs have been identified by Mary Burmeister Vasseur and Dominique H. Vasseur.

Mary Burmeister Vasseur’s scrapbooks include notes related to her travels as well as ephemera from trips.

Mary created a tour of Oberlin landmarks for Jacques H. Vasseur in 1944 or 1945. The album contains photos and postcards including: a house at 291 Elm Street; French House; the Conservatory of Music; the Memorial Arch; Tappan Walk; Finney Chapel; the Girls’ Gymnasium and Pool (Hales Memorial Gymnasium); Carnegie Library and its reading room; the Theological Quadrangle; First Church; the Allen Memorial Art Building; “Business Corner”; and the Oberlin Inn. Photographs of Oberlin and Oberlin College students and/or staff are also included in Mary’s photograph albums dating between 1939 and 1946.